Combined ladder and chair.



E. G. MICHENFELDER.

COMBINED LADDER AND CHAIR.

APPLICATION FILED MAYI. 19m.

1,280,797. Patented 0%. 8,1918.

EDWARD G. MIGHENFELDER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED LADDER AND CHAIR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 1, 1918. Serial No. 231,912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD G. MICI-IEN- FELDER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Elmhurst, city of New York, in the county of Queensand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Combined Ladders and Chairs, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in Combined ladder and bench andthe object of my improvements is to provide a simple siting convenientdevice for the purpose speci- I accomplish this object by the deviceillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a viewof the device folded to form bench,

Fig. 2 is a view of the device extended to form a ladder, and

Fig. 3 is a detail of the locking mechanism.

Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My improved device comprises a seat section 1' mounted on four legs 2,3, 4, and 5 and having a cut out section 6 journaled in the seat section1 by means of trunnions 7 and 8. On the cut out section 6 I provide aleaf 9 depending at a right angle and having legs 10, 11. I providesuitable latches 12, 13 or the like on the seat section 1 adaptedto'engage the leaf 9 in its normal position and to engage the legs 10and 11 respectively when the leaf 9 is elevated as herein described toform a step.

On the forward legs 2 and 3 I provide a step section comprising a leaf12 hung on trunnions 14 and 14: and having a supporting member 15 setthereon at a right angle to serve as a support when the step 12 is inits elevated position.

My device being thus assembled will when folded as shown in Fig. 1 serveas a bench or stool and when it is desired to transform it for use as aladder, the lower step 12 is swung out on its pivots or trunnions 14, 14and the upper step 9 is swung on its trunnions 7, 8 or either step maybe used independently of the other and when so extended, the seatsection 1 serves as the second or intermediate step between the lowerstep 12 and the upper step 9.

I have shown a detail of one form of latch in Fig. 3 which comprises apin 16 seated in the structure and normally held in its depressedposition by a coiled spring 17 and having a head 18 by which it may bedrawn out when desired but I do not limit myself to this precise form oflatch as any similar device may be substituted without departing from myinvention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A combined ladderand bench comprising in combination a seat section, having a cut outportion, trunnions in the seat section upon which the cut out portion isadapted to swing, a leaf set at right angles on said out out portionsand provided with legs and a latch on the seat section adapted to engagethe cut out section when in its lowered position and to engage the legswhen in its raised position, substantially as shown and described.

2. A combined ladder and bench comprising in combination a seat sectionhaving a cut out portion, trunnions in the seat section upon which theout out portion is adapted to swing, a leaf set at right angles on saidout out portion and adapted to form a step when raised, a step sectioncarried on trunnions below the seat section and adapted to swing thereonto form a step in its extended position substantially as shown anddescribed.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

EDWARD G. MICHENFELDER.

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